# maca
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

### Noun

maca (countable and uncountable, plural macas)
* Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.
    Synonym: Peruvian ginseng
** 2009, M. Hermann, T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]
** 2007 March 18, G. Pascal Zachary, “Is the Key to Creativity in Your Pillbox, or in Your PC?”, in New York Times‎:The gap between what the Internet promises and what it delivers is part of the reason that people […] continue to turn to enhancers from caffeine to maca to virtual reality.
** 2014, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, volume 9, page 802:Dried macas are cooked in water or milk and used to prepare a kind of sweet and aromatic porridge, mazamorra. The small macas are preferred, since they are less fibrous.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* AACM, ACMA, AMAC, Cama, MCAA, cama

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈħa/ [mʌˈħʌ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧ca

### Pronoun

macá
* what? (inanimate)

#### Related terms

* má (“what kind of?”)

### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “maca”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Albanian
### Noun

maca
* inflection of macë:
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural
** definite nominative singular

## Arabela
### Noun

maca (plural macaca)
* stick

## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈma.ka]

#### Adjective

maca
* feminine singular of maco

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

maca
* inflection of macar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Central Nahuatl
### Verb

maca
* To give.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

### Verb

maca
* give

## Cubeo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bãˈka/

### Noun

maca
* excrement, poop, fecal matter.

### See also

* cʉra

### References

* N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maca", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
* N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

## Drehu
### Noun

maca
* right (direction)

### References

* Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish maca, from Quechua maqa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑkɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑ

### Noun

maca
* maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

#### Declension

Possessive forms of maca (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
macani
macani
accusative
nom.
macani
macani
gen.
macani
genitive
macani
macojeni macaini $^{rare}$
partitive
macaani
macojani
inessive
macassani
macoissani
elative
macastani
macoistani
illative
macaani
macoihini
adessive
macallani
macoillani
ablative
macaltani
macoiltani
allative
macalleni
macoilleni
essive
macanani
macoinani
translative
macakseni
macoikseni
abessive
macattani
macoittani
instructive
comitative
—macoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
macasi
macasi
accusative
nom.
macasi
macasi
gen.
macasi
genitive
macasi
macojesi macaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
macaasi
macojasi
inessive
macassasi
macoissasi
elative
macastasi
macoistasi
illative
macaasi
macoihisi
adessive
macallasi
macoillasi
ablative
macaltasi
macoiltasi
allative
macallesi
macoillesi
essive
macanasi
macoinasi
translative
macaksesi
macoiksesi
abessive
macattasi
macoittasi
instructive
comitative
—macoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
macamme
macamme
accusative
nom.
macamme
macamme
gen.
macamme
genitive
macamme
macojemme macaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
macaamme
macojamme
inessive
macassamme
macoissamme
elative
macastamme
macoistamme
illative
macaamme
macoihimme
adessive
macallamme
macoillamme
ablative
macaltamme
macoiltamme
allative
macallemme
macoillemme
essive
macanamme
macoinamme
translative
macaksemme
macoiksemme
abessive
macattamme
macoittamme
instructive
comitative
—macoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
macanne
macanne
accusative
nom.
macanne
macanne
gen.
macanne
genitive
macanne
macojenne macainne $^{rare}$
partitive
macaanne
macojanne
inessive
macassanne
macoissanne
elative
macastanne
macoistanne
illative
macaanne
macoihinne
adessive
macallanne
macoillanne
ablative
macaltanne
macoiltanne
allative
macallenne
macoillenne
essive
macananne
macoinanne
translative
macaksenne
macoiksenne
abessive
macattanne
macoittanne
instructive
comitative
—macoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
macansa
macansa
accusative
nom.
macansa
macansa
gen.
macansa
genitive
macansa
macojensa macainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
macaansa
macojaan macojansa
inessive
macassaan macassansa
macoissaan macoissansa
elative
macastaan macastansa
macoistaan macoistansa
illative
macaansa
macoihinsa
adessive
macallaan macallansa
macoillaan macoillansa
ablative
macaltaan macaltansa
macoiltaan macoiltansa
allative
macalleen macallensa
macoilleen macoillensa
essive
macanaan macanansa
macoinaan macoinansa
translative
macakseen macaksensa
macoikseen macoiksensa
abessive
macattaan macattansa
macoittaan macoittansa
instructive
comitative
—macoineen macoinensa :

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmˠakə/

### Noun

maca
* vocative plural of mac

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Javanese
### Romanization

maca
* (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦩꦕ

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑ.kɑ/

### Verb

maca
* singular imperative of macian

## Paiwan
### Alternative forms

* matsa

### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

### Noun

maca
* eye

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.t͡sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at͡sa
* Syllabification: ma‧ca
* Homophone: Maca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish מצה (matse).

#### Noun

maca f (related adjective macowy)
* (uncountable, Judaism) matzo (thin, unleavened bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik
* (countable, Judaism) matzo (piece of such bread)
    Synonym: przaśnik

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish maca / meca. Compare German Metze.

#### Noun

maca f
* (obsolete) dry measure of grain
    Synonym: garniec

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

maca
* third-person singular present of macać

### Further reading

* maca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* maca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* maca in PWN's encyclopedia
* Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “maca”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ

#### Noun

maca f (plural macas)
* stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
* gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
* sailor’s hammock

### Etymology 2

From Kimbundu maka (“conversation, word”).

#### Alternative forms

* maka

#### Noun

maca f (plural macas)
* (Angola) problem
    Não há maca.No problem.
* (Angola) argument, fuss

### References

* “maca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French macao or Italian macao.

### Noun

maca f (uncountable)
* Mau Mau (card game)

#### Declension

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## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎːt͡sa/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ca

### Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ма́ца)
* (hypocoristic) cat, kitty
    Synonym: mačka

#### Declension
### References

* “maca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaka/ [ˈma.ka]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ma‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua maqa.

#### Noun

maca f (plural macas)
* maca (Andean herb)

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

maca f
* feminine singular of maco

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

maca
* inflection of macar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “maca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Taíno
### Noun

maca
* tree

### References

* Taino Vocabulary in the Dominican Republic